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Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMIT G. ATTA, OF FRENDSHIP, NEV YORK, ASSGNOR OF T\VO-THIRDS TO ADRIAN O. LATTA, OF SAME PLAOE, AND HARVEY D. BLAKESLEE,

OF BUFFALO, NEV YORK.

SPECIFICA'I'ION forzning part of Letters Patent No. 372,377, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed June Q3, 1883. Serial No. 98,994.

T0 aZZ whom it maty concern:

Be it known that I, Ennlr G. LATTA, of Friendship, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of hames which are oomposed of a wooden body covercd on its inner and outer sides with iron.

The object of the invention is to produce a strong hamc at less expense than heretofore, and to improve the means Whereby the breastring is attached to the hame, and to provide an improved fastening for the lower hameloop.

My invention consists of the improvements which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure 1 represcnts a front elevation of a harne provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the hame. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the hame staple and breast-ring attachment in line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section in line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the breast-ring attachment. Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing a modified construction of the same. Fig. 7 is an eleva- Ition of the lower end of the inner hame-iron before it is bent around the lower hame-loop. Figs. S and 9 are cross-Sections of the hamoirons. Fig'. 10 is a view of the lower hameloop. Figs. 11 and 12 are sectional elevations showing modified constructions of the fastening` for the lower hame-loop.

Like letters of reference refcr to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the wooden body, which may be of any Well-l nown construction.

B represents the outer hame-iron; O, the inner hame-iron; D, the fastening for the upper hame-strap loop; E, the draft-staple; F, the breast-ring; G, the breast-ring attaohment, and H the lower hame-loop.

The outer hame-iron, B, extends from the lower end of the hame to the upper loop-fastening, D, and the inner iron, C, extends from said fastening over the top of the hame and on the inner side of the latter to the lower end (No model.)

thereof. The outer iron, B, is made heavier u than the inner iron, O, whereby the required strength is obtained at the point of greatest strain Wit-h the least amount of iron.

The upper ends of the hame-irons B and O are secured to the hame by the fastening D, which is applied to the outer sides of the ends of the hame-irons, and whose prongs D pass through said ends. Each of the hame-irons is made of uniform thickness from end to end, so that ordinary rolled irons can be applied to the hame without being drawn down by hand, thereby effecting a considerable cconomy in the hame-covering, as compared with hames in which a heavyiron applied to the outer side of the body is drawn down or made thinner at the ends, where it is welded to a thin iron applied to the inner side of the wooden body.

The hame-irons are rolled with long'itudinal grooves Z) on their inner sides, as representcd in Figs. 8 and 9, whereby the operation of punching the holes for the fastenings or attaehments is facilitated and the greater portion of the material placed in the marginal portions of the bar, where it is not removed by the holes punchcd through it, thereby forming a very strong and light iron which is easily manipnlated in applyingit to the wooden body.

The lower end of the inner iron, C, is bent over the lower end of the wooden body to form a shoulder, c, and the end is then doubled around the inner bar, h, of the lower loop, H. The lower end of the outer iron, B, is doubled around the bent portion of the inner iron, O, and rests against the shoulder c, which conceals the end and formsa smooth finish. The bar h of the loop H is preferably provided with a tapering lip or spur, i, which projects between the doubled portions of the inner iron, O, and serves to hold the loop H nearly rigidly, thereby affording all the advantages of a rigid loop Without the expense attending the use of loops forged on the hame-irons.

The lower end of the hame-iron O is preferably provided with openings d', so arranged on the iron that when the end is doubled around the bar h of the loop Hthe openings d' will form a space in which the lip or spur 'iis received, and in which the latter has a limited lmovement, as it is oonfined in said space by the bent end of the outer iron, B. The lower ends of the irons O and B are secnred together by a rivet, j. When the lip 'i is not used, the fastening 'may be oonstrueted as represented in Fig. 11, in which the lowerend of theinner iron, O, is bent to form the shoulderc and not doubled around the bar h of the loop. If increased strength is required, the end of the inner iron, O, may be extended upwardly on the outer side of the wooden body beyond the rivet k, as represented in Fig. 12. This mode of fastening the lower ends of the hame-irons together forms a very neat and strong attachment for the loop H, which latter is thereby prevented from wearing through the bent portion of the outer hame-iron.

The breast-ring attachment is composed of y a plate, G, provided on its upper side with a notch, g, which. straddles the lower leg, e, of the hame-staple, and a loop, G', which extends over the edge of the haine and receives the breast-ring E. The hame-staple is provided on its under side with a shoulder, l, which bearsagainst the outer side of the plate G. m is a prong or pin formed on the inner side of the plate G, and adapted to enter the wooden body A. nis an elongated neck formed on the prong m adjacent to the plate G, and adapted to enter an elongated hole, n', in the outer hame-iron, B. The noteh q and elongated neek n prevent the attachment from turning on the hame and faeilitate repairs when the attaehment requires to be renewed.

The attachment is secured to the hame by driving the prong minto the Wood and then securing the draft-staple E to the hame, with its shoulder l resting against the upper portion of the plate G, whereby the attaehment is Iirmly secured to the hame. Vhen it is desired to applya new breast-rng, the attachment is removed by breaking or bending the prong m, and the new ring is applied by means of an attaehment, 0, (represented'in Fig. 6,) which resembles the attaohment G in all respects, except that only the elongated neck n of the pi'ong m is used, while the portion of the prong m which enters the Wood is omitted and the attachment seeured in place by a Wood- -sorew passing through a hole, p. This attachment is readily introduced under the shonlderl of. the draft-staple, thereby permitting the breast-ring attachment to be reneWed and replacedwithout distnrbing the draftstaple.

I claim as my inventionl. In a hame, the eombination,with a wooden i body and a lower loop, H, of an inner iron, O, having a shoulder, c, and an outer iron, B,

doubled around the inner bar of the loop and` a notch, g, which embraces a leg of the staple,

the shoulder Z being adapted to bear against the plate G, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the draft-staple, of a breast-ring attachment consisting of a plate, G, having a noteh, g, and a pin, m, provided with an enlarged neekfin, snbstantially as set forth.

EMMIT G. LATTA.

V'itnesses:

S. M. NORTON, F. B. CHUROH. 

